Coal-bucket.



ATENT OFFICE.

HENRY B. MADDOCKS, OF DUNCANSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

COAL-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,117, dated July 17,1900. t-

Application filed November 29, 1899. Serial No. 738,722. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY B. MADDooKs, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dunoansville, in the county of Blair and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Coal-Bucket, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to coal hods or buckets, and has for its object toprovide a device 1o of this class which, besides being adapted to theordinary use to which it is put, will also be adapted to holdkindling-wood and a small quantity of coal-oil, the main body to bedivided into coal and wood compartments and t 5 a small coal-oil can tobe secured in position or made as part of the-hod.

With this object in view my invention consists in the improvedconstruction and novel arrangement and combination of parts herez'oinafter fully described and afterward specifically pointed out in theclaims.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is aperspective view illustrating a coal hod or bucket provided with 5 theimprovements which form my invention. Fig. 2 is a top plan View thereof.Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional View on the plane indicatedby the broken line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig.- 4 is a transverse verticalsectional 3o view on the plane indicated by the broken line 4 4 of Fig.2. Fig. 5 is a View of the strip of sheet metal cut to shape to form thesides and partition of my improved coal-hod. Fig. 6 is a view of a pieceof sheet metal out to 3 5 shape to form the sides and bottom of thecoaloil can.

Like letters of reference are used to indicate the same parts whereverthey appear in the several figures of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by letter, Aindicates the sides, and B across-partition, in a coal-hod of ordinary shape, the parts being madeof asingle piece of sheet metal, as shown in Fig. 5, and bent intoproper shape to form the ordinary hod, a suitable bottom C, ears D D,and a bail-handle E being secured to said sides A in any preferredmanner. Necessarily the partition B must be secured at its free end at Ato the sides, and the free end 5o of the sides must be secured at B tothe an gle at the point of bending the strip of metal inward to form thepartition.

F indicates a can or box adapted to contain coal-oil, the same beingformed of a single piece of metal, as shown in Fig. 6, the part Glforming the side, the part H the bottom, and the part I one end, of thecan. In constructing the can the parts H and I are bent at right anglesto the part G, forming the end and bottom, as aforesaid, vand the 6opart J bent downward at right angles to the bottom. A small flange K atthe upper edge of the partition B is bent over to ahorizontal position,as best seen in Figs. 2 and 3, and a ilap L hinged thereto. In puttingthe can to- 6'5 gether the parts G, I-I, and I are secured in positionagainst the partition and the side of the hod under the flange K andflap L, the two last-named parts forming the top of the can, and theside of the hod one end of the can, all 7o the edges being properlysoldered in position to make the can oil-tight and the hinged iiaptop Lbeing provided with a catch M to engage over the edge of side G and holdthe lid closed when desired.

In practical use one of the compartments into which the hod is dividedby the partition B will be used for coal, the other for' kindlingwood,and the can for coal-oil into which to dip the kindling-Wood when aboutto kindle 8o \\l a iire.

With my improved combination coal-hod the necessity of using threeseparate articlesviz., a hod for coal, a basket or other vessel forkindling, and a coal-oil can-is avoided, and the labor and veXationattendingthe collecting together and putting away of these articles isdispensed with, it being necessary with this invention to carry only theone combination coal-bod. By its use the danger at- 9o tending thehandling a full coal-oil can in the neighborhood of the fire, which hascaused much damage and loss of life, is entirely avoided.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A coal-hod provided with sides and a partition formed of a singlepiece of sheet metal, the free end of the partition being seroo cured tothe side, and the free end of the strip forming the sides secured at theangle of the sides and partition, and an oil box or can secured in theangle of the sides and partition, substantially as'described.

2. The combination coalhod herein described comprising a strip of metalbent to form the sides A and partition B, one free end being secured atA to the sides and the other at B to the angle of the sides andpartition,

a. flange K on the upper edge of the partition,

a Hap L hinged to said flange, and a piece of metal bent to form side G,bottom H, end I and turned-up flange J secured to the partition underthe flange K and flap L and to the sides A, the partition and sidesforming' one'side and end of, and thus completing a box or can withhinged lid, substantially as described.

` HENRY B. MADDOCKS.

WVitnesses:

J. S. M. GIBSON, Sr., GEORGE l?. WILK.

